Umrah & Haj Policy 2009

By the occasion of starting Umrah season 1428h and
to assured the old instructions which were decided by ministry council number 93
for the year 1420h.

Following new restrictions/ Instructions have been
put up for the Agents operating Haj & Umrah

Travel & Culture Services abides by all the rules
and regulations and has "0" Zero tolerance for escapers or visa seekers hence WE DO NOT ENTERTAIN SINGLE PARTICIPANTS VISA ONLY
APPLICATIONS OR PEOPLE WHO SUSPECTED OF ESCAPING IN SAUDIA FOR THE SAKE OF
WORKING.

Please remember Haj & Umra are our duties to Allah
and trying to benefit from this Ibadah by misusing it for personal gains like
obtaining Visa to runaway or by doing any ilegal business is a Great Sin.

1- reducing the escaped percentage will stop the
mofa system will be as follows:-
· The external agent will be stopped when the percentage reached 3%.

· Saudi internal company will stopped in specific country if the escaping
percentage reached 5% and in the year 1429h will stopped if he reached 2%.

· Saudi internal company will stopped in all countries when escaped percentage
reached totally 10% and will be during the season automatically.

2- Reduced escaping percentage will cause to stop the external agent when
percentage reached 3% and that time will stop the Saudi internal company 5% in
the external agent country (the next year will be on 2%) and 10% for all
external agents in all countries during season automatically.

3- Before activating the mofa system for any Saudi internal company he should
introduce a whole working plan for a complete umra season includes mofa numbers
nationalities in each month and entry ports (air, land, sea) and external
agents\' numbers in every country will assures clear perform since umra starting
period , arrival Balancing properly during umra season. All these instructions
should confirm from concerned department in MOH to submit in the mofa system to
follow up and executed.

4- Continuous working in all restricted, instructions and procedures which
provided by MOH during the season of 1427h and assured that issued mofa will be
followed up automation which assured escaped numbers will not be higher than
mutamers returned in the main time.

5- External agents should open and apply an account in his country which
accepted by Saudi Arabian monetary agency and approved from kingdom consulate in
his country that he already paid all bank guaranteed and services amounts
needed.

6- External agents he should have permitted working licensees for the housing
before accepting any building to be in his services package and contracts should
contains the same period and mutamers number.

7- Mofa system will not be activated for the Saudi internal company unless he
get security approval letter from the concern department in the kingdom.

8- External agent should have a member in the International aviation travel
agency (IATA) which was be used as the same of last year.

9- Observing the maximum transportation should not be exceeded in both phases
(arriving and leaving) from kingdom especially in months Shabban and Ramadan for
some nationalities like Egyptians.

10- According to mofa numbers that will be transferred to ministry of exterior
should be noticed that not exceeded the consulate maximum capacity mofa numbers.

11- They should observe to avoid arriving mutamers after the end of the last day
of Ramadan every hijri year.